Master of Arts

Art is said to be the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination. The various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance all produce work to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. The arts have the ability to supply so much more than just beauty and emotional power. They have the capacity to create community and special memories all throughout their process of becoming a final product. Sara Ashley Davies grew up…

conclude by highlighting the role of light in future architecture styles. Life is light and light is life, a very true statement that confirms that role that light plays in our life in general and in architecture. The beauty of everything, the value of art, and the importance of architecture would not be known or appreciated without the blessings of light. Chapter 1: Buildings and…

The thing that stands out in MC Escher is the fictitious reality that grasps our imagination when we experience his art. Escher’s art consisted of woodwork, optical illusions and printmaking. Most believe that Escher must have had a complex mind to be able to conjure elaborate two and three-dimensional planes that falsely tickle our mind. When art critics have interviewed Escher they try to pick his mind to see how he developed ideas that had so much depth and perception, finding out about his…

Emphasis: Parks use of different contrast of straight lines, shapes, color, contrast, texture, curves, that emphasize contrast, drawing your attention to his image, His pictures indicate the use of ancillary lines that puts the focus to the same area, producing a vibrant shape and focal point. Parks is virtuous at segregating darks, lights and contrast, which forms emphasis. Therefore, this adds additional drama his photographs. Another way is his use emotion, emphasis his image. Moreover, by…

The Character of Aaron Crawford in “The Boy who Painted Christ Black” “The teacher always pronounced his name with profound gusto as she pointed him out as an ideal student”, as stated in the short story, “The Boy who Painted Christ Black” by John Henrik Clarke. Aaron Crawford, Aaron Crawford was the smartest in the Muskogee County School in Columbus, Georgia. This young boy painted a portrait that caused uproar at his school. This very unique portrait was a painting of Christ; not the…

artist to artist. For the first painting “Liberty Leading the People” the style is Realism. This type of art is painting what you see in life, it’s realistic. Realism started in Europe in the 19th century, it uses a strong color scheme that you see in real life. However the painting “Guernica” uses a style called Cubism. Cubism uses 2-dementional surface in the picture plane. This type of art can twist and manipulate what is going on. Artist that uses Cubism doesn’t use the same rules as the…

Comparatively, outsiders more emphasize on the types and modes of the landscape and they more experience it within their five senses (Forman, 1995). Traditionally speaking, when we talk about city landscapes we are more focused on the visual level, which equals to the representation that the city landscape offers, including lines, shapes, colors and other external forms. That is largely because visual experience gives the viewer the first-hand experience on an object most directly and…

William Bouguereau born in November 1825, La Rochelle, France, and he died in August 1905. Adolphe Bouguereau considers one of famous French academic painters of the great classical period. Later he won the prix de Rome; He was able to studying the art in Italy. May be for that reason he was masterful command of the human form, delicate colors and enchanted light brought the souls and spirits of his subjects to life with captivating realism. Adolpe Bougeureau was very famous with his religious,…

to, or ask permission from to the original photographer or copyright holder. If the new work is transformative of the original photograph, then artists should be able to use photographs in their work because they serve as inspiration just as other art forms do. Shepard Fairey was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1970 (“Obey Giant” CV). He graduated with a B.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992 (“Obey Giant” CV). Fairey is a contemporary graphic designer and street artist who…

I took another trip to Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts to see the Senior Exhibit. I was quite impressed by the artworks that were displayed in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Gallery. As I walked around the West Gallery, there was an artwork that I kept going back to. I reckoned it was a sign. An art student named Congdi Wang used a single instrument, a ballpoint pen specifically, to draw Deer in Forest (Figure 1). Compared to my inept and appalling ability to draw or doodle anything noteworthy…